This season turned into binging, and binging it fast. 3 days later and here we are, ready for more. I will try and not talk spoilers but I can't promise it either, so be warned. While season 1 is slow at times and building towards something bigger this season picks up the pace quickly. Episode one kicks off immediately after the ending of season 1 and it finally starts to tackle the tricky relationship between Flint and Silver. It gives us flashbacks of James Flint and his life before he became the notorious pirate captain he is today, and it's a welcoming break in the story. Season 1 doesn't give much of Flint, we see glimpses of who he is through his anger and sadness and as an audience you understand there has been tremendous loss in his life. But the front he puts forward as the captain makes him hard to read at times too. He's a badass and he is cool but he is also quite terrible at times as well. Therefore, the parallels of who he is now to who he used to be gives him such depth suddenly, and as you watch you start to root for him more and more. It's a clever way of using the flashback device and it leaves you as an audience both angry and sad at his story. But he quickly becomes the best character of the show, and you finally understand why.



This season also starts to set up the bigger storyline, and its themes of monsters, shame and fighting society (England). The war is coming, Flint's been warning us and when the season ends you can almost taste the navy's heavy presence in the air, suffocating all that's been fought for out of it. Silver grows this season too and while he's the antagonist to Flint in many ways he might also be his closest friend too. That relationship is the epitome of the show, while at the same time possible the downfall for them both.

Jack, Anne and Max continue to be interesting, all three of them give the show depth and matters to think of. Jack and Max's banter is quite entertaining and as the season goes on it is clear that they are not a trio easily dismissed.


It continues to have the most badass female characters and the emotional stakes are so high this season. It's a show with brutal emotional blows that hit you right in the feels while also showing some brutal scenes of bodily torture, sometimes you are left to wonder which hurts more. Much of it is thanks to Toby Stephens incredible acting, his face is just a beauty to watch, a twitch of the mouth, the subtle rise of an eyebrow, the smile we so rarely see. I am pretty sure season 2 is the last time he smiles in the whole show. God, these pirates they don't have it easy.

I am going to go write on my dissertation now and brace myself for the next season. After all England is coming!

I am doing a rewatch of this masterpiece. I have convinced my boyfriend to do it with me so each night we watch about 2-3 episodes depending on the mood we are in. I find that it is really hard to talk about season 1 without bordering on spoiler territory and the overall story of the show. Because season 1 is slow. It's hard to explain because so much happens in it, but at the same time when you watch it you have no clue what the bigger storyline is going to be, yet...


















The show acts as a prequel to the novel of Treasure Island and it sets out to tell the origin stories (to a point) of the infamous pirate legends of John Silver, Anne Bonny, Jack Rackham, Blackbeard and Charles Vane. At the same time the show isn't really about them either. Season 1 introduces us to Captain James Flint, the man who is behind the creation of Long John Silver. It's about Nassua and it sets up the fight for freedom, ultimate freedom from England. The over reaching storyline of season 1 is the hunt for the Spanish Urca gold and the growing mistrust of Captain James Flint from his ever growing concerned crew. It introduces John Silver and an idea of who he used to be before he became the pirate legend. Unfortunately season 1 contains very little scenes between Flint and Silver, which you sit around and wait for, because the small teases of their friendship you get the more of it you want.


Season 1 also introduces you to a whole bunch of cool and interesting and complex ladies too. They are something else in this show that is for sure. Angry, queer, ambitious, unapologetic, violent and dynamic. Apart from that the whole show contains a cast where you can't help but like most of them and be drawn to their storylines. It is truly impressive when a show manages to create a whole cast of characters, even when they are against one another, and you root for them all. I love that about this show.

From what I remember when I saw this show years ago was that I really enjoyed season 3-4, especially season 4, I am intrigued to see what I think this time around. For starters I can't remember much of season 2 so I am excited to see it again.